principal’s report shiona hobart
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PEG’S CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL GALBRAITH ROAD, PEG’S CREEK 9144 4141 [email protected]
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT – Shiona Hobart
EDITION 8 – 10 August 2017
Friday 11 August Thursday 24 August Jump off Burrup Bouncers Assembly TA11
Wednesday 23 August Friday 25 August Jumps & Throws Winter Carnival
Term Three is well and truly underway! We have
already had several very successful events such as
our Book Fair, Open Night, TA9 Assembly,
Roebourne Hockey Carnival and the FeNacLING
Float parade. I thank our incredibly supportive parent
community for their ongoing participation and
support of all school events. Our partnership with
parents is an important part of achieving successful
outcomes for all our students.
FENACLING FLOAT
Once again our staff teamed up with our talented
parents to enter the annual FeNacLinG Float. Our
Float took on the theme of this years show,
celebrating 45 years of FeNacling. The Truck was
very kindly donated by Titan Tyres once again this
year and our team transformed it into a spectacular
vehicle for the evening. Pegs Creek very proudly and
deservedly took out he honours this year. We even
received the following message from the Regional
Executive Director, ”What a great float again. To
you, your staff, students and parents
congratulations!”
OPEN NIGHT
We had overwhelming attendance at our Open Night
where staff reported over half their parent group
attending in each room. This is a fantastic response.
I encourage all parents to make a time to meet with
your child’s teacher if you were unable to attend. The
classrooms looked fantastic, the Burrup Bouncers
displayed great skill, and our sausage sizzle
collected $248 in donations which will go towards
our playground fund. Parents were able to see and
experience first hand the wonderful programs and
resources our school is able to offer their children. I
know the robots were a huge hit in our Digital
Technology room and the vegetable gardens were
also a popular place to visit.
Please make sure you have access to a term
planner as the rest of the term is extremely busy!
Shiona Hobart
46% 54%
Authorised and Unauthorised absences
Authorised
Unauthorised
COSSACK EXCURSION
Last Tuesday students from TA10 and TA11 were
invited to take part in a guided tour of the Cossack Art
Awards. We also had the pleasure of working with the
Artist in Residence to create our own landscape
drawing in charcoal with some incredible results.
Actually visiting and art exhibition and interacting with
the artists was an amazing experience which is not
often available to students of the North West. We
were truly grateful for this opportunity to see arts and
their place in society and learn the wonderful skills and
techniques used to draw landscapes and working with
charcoal.
We were also given some time to look through the
historic buildings of Cossack and appreciate the
importance of this town in the history of the Pilbara
with a questionnaire.
All students are to be commended on their outstanding
behaviour and they did Pegs Creek a huge favour in
representing our school. A number of community
members made mention of what wonderful students
we have.
Mrs D Watson
Art Teacher
EDITION 8 – 10 August 2017
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
LEADERSHIP
WHOLE SCHOOL MATHS TESTING
EMT Mathematics testing will take place in week 5.
Students will complete the assessments as part of
our constant monitoring and annual whole school
data collection.
NAPLAN results are due to arrive in schools around
the end of August.
CO-DESIGN WORKSHOP
Last week Ms Campbell and Mrs Hobart attended some Professional Learning in Perth. We worked with
teams from other schools to reflect on what is working well in our schools and focus on developing innovative
strategies to improve in other areas.
We will be focussing on: Understanding the Whole Story of the Student and Working as a Team.
Strategies such as changes to home visits, case management, improved data collection, building teams to
share information more effectively will be further explored and developed
ATTENDANCE
As we look at the reasons for children not coming to
school we are worried by the number of unexplained
absences. This is often shown by the Unauthorised
Absences which is currently at 54%. This means
that over half of our children are absent from school
and a reason may not have been given.
Whenever your child is away from school is it vital
that you provide a reason within three days. This
may be replying to the SMS, sending a note to the
class teacher or contacting the Front Office.
We need to work together to improve the
communication between home and school.
EDITION 8 – 10 August 2017
SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
We are now taking applications for enrolments for children
entering Kindergarten and Pre-Primary in 2018.
To be eligible to enter Kindergarten (4 year old program)
in a Government School in 2018, a child must turn four on
or before the 30th June 2018. To be eligible to enter Pre-
Primary (5 year old program) in 2018, a child must turn
five on or before the 30th June 2018.
Please come to the Administration Office with a copy of
their birth certificate, current immunisation details and
proof of address and you will be provided with all the
necessary paperwork.
An application for a Kindergarten/Pre-Primary place
may be made at ONE SCHOOL ONLY.
PEG’S PATCH GARDENING CLUB
Mrs Konig and Mr Young meet with an enthusiastic
group of students before school on Mondays and
Thursdays. They have already worked hard to
transform our Pegs Patch and the gardens in
Ningaloo block are starting produce herbs for the
students to take home and enjoy!
YOU CAN DO IT SURVEYS
This term we will be surveying Staff, Students and
Parents to ascertain progress and gain feedback in
regard to the implementation of our Social Emotional
program. The resuts will then be analysed by our
Learning Environment Team and will inform future
planning in this important area.
BURRUP BOUNCERS
The Burrup Bouncers have had a very busy few
weeks with performances at Open Night, assembly,
school visits and finally at FeNaCLNG. After months
of training and getting a routine together, the team
showed off their amazing skipping skills and tricks
with lots of energy and enthusiasm.
We received such positive feedback from the school
visits saying how students were in awe of the Burrup
Bouncers and that it was obvious how much
dedication and enthusiasm the team had. They also
mentioned the dusty skipping ropes were getting a
work out at recess and lunchtimes!
Raising awareness of a healthy lifestyle and physical
activity, the Burrup Bouncer team have been
spreading the word about fundraising for the Heart
Foundation. Hopefully students from Pegs have
registered online to raise money in readiness for the
Jump Off event held Friday 11th August at 8:30am.
The Burrup Bouncers will perform their routine and
split students up into year groups to teach them
specific skills and some challenging tricks for
morning fitness. Parents are welcome!
PARTNERSHIPS
EDITION 8 – 10 August 2017
ROEBOURNE HOCKEY
CARNIVAL Eight students participated in the Roebourne Hockey Carnival last Friday. This has become a yearly event as a result of our partnership with Hockey Australia, sponsored by FMG. It was a great day with many games of hockey played with a final result of fourth for our team. We look forward to continuing our involvement with Hockey Australia in 2018.
P&C
Our amazing parents from our P&C managed to
undertake the huge task of organising another Quiz
Night which raised an incredible $13,893.84, an
outstanding success for our hardworking group of
dedicated parents.
PEG’S CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL TURNS 40
NEXT YEAR!
Next year Pegs Creek Primary celebrates its 40th
Anniversary. July 27th 1978 was the first day of
school with the official opening on April 3rd.. If you
would like to be art of the planning please come
along to our next P&C meeting.
CHILD CAMPUS KARRATHA
We are very happy to be able to welcome Chipo and
her team to our school community. The before, after
school and vacation care centre will be located in our
ECE building, allowing easy access for parents and
at the same time a safe and secure playground area
for clients.
PARENT MORNING TEAS
We launched a new initiative last week, inviting all
parents from Karijini block for a cuppa and a chat
after assembly. We plan to rotate these morning teas
around all three teaching blocks throughout the year
and encourage parents to be involved, meet and
welcome new families and speak to school staff.
Students with some of our new Indigenous plants